let me start by saying im black my wife is white and her maternal grandfather is half white half native american i know i know the beginning of a great so these guys walk into a bar joke the first or second time meeting my wifes maternal grandparents her father grandfather and myself were sitting in the living room watching tv when some black guy appears on the screen playing the trumpet her grandfather who had been mostly quiet up to that point sits up wide eyed and exclaims excitedly that nigger can blow i look out of the corner of my eye at her father whose face has turned a very bright red im trying no to laugh because well i dont know why it was just funny to me her grandfather continued to watch the show with glee